diff --git a/package/ofono/Config.in b/package/ofono/Config.in
index eb1856fdb7..f709b04180 100644
--- a/package/ofono/Config.in
+++ b/package/ofono/Config.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OFONO
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # dbus, libglib2
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # dbus, libglib2
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CODESOURCERY_NIOSII201405 # libcap-ng
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # dlopen()
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAP_NG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OFONO
 
 	  http://ofono.org/
 
-comment "ofono needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads"
+comment "ofono needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library, wchar, threads"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CODESOURCERY_NIOSII201405